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1249545

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2020
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Pension Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for its policies of the findings of the Pension Credit report from Independent Age.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	113253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 17/11/2020 13:22:13 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1250377

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2020
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on financial support for people in receipt of the state pension.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	113673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has regular discussions with the Chancellor on a range of issues. The Government is committed to ensuring that older people are able to live with the dignity and respect they deserve and the State Pension is the foundation of state support for older people. It is supported by further measures for older people, which include the provision of free bus passes, free prescriptions, Winter Fuel Payments and Cold Weather Payments.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 17/11/2020 13:59:52 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1251408

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2020
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Older Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of Government programmes on the employment prospects of the over-60s.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	114796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>The department is supporting people of all ages back in to work. The Government’s recently announced Plan for Jobs provides new funding to ensure more people, including older workers, get tailored Jobcentre Plus support to help them find work and to build the skills they need to get into work. This includes £895m to double the number of Work Coaches in Jobcentre Plus by March 2021; a £150m increase in the Flexible Support Fund which will also boost the capacity of the Rapid Response Service to help those facing redundancy move into other jobs; £40m for a new online support service will provide tailored one-to-one job finding support to the recently unemployed.</p><p>The Government also aims to triple the number of sector-based work academy programme placements, supporting unemployed claimants of all ages through training and work experience to find a job. A further £95m will expand the Work and Health programme to offer new support to those who have been made unemployed.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 17/11/2020 14:05:08 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1251343

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2020
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Pension Credit: Coventry North East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of pensioners in Coventry North East constituency (a) receive the basic state pension, (b) receive pension credit and (c) are eligible for pension credit but do not claim it.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	114902
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>a) 14,422 (93.0%)</p><p>b) 3,205 (20.7%)</p><p>c) This data is only available at Great Britain level.</p><p> </p><p>Note that not all pensioners in Coventry North East will be eligible to receive State Pension / Pension Credit.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2018-to-2019</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 17/11/2020 13:48:44 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1251782

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2020
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Kickstart Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many businesses in the (a) South East and (b) UK have signed up to the Kickstart Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Sevenoaks
	tabling member printed	Laura Trott
	uin	115031
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the Parliamentary Question HL10193, answered on 12 November. We are not yet able to break Kickstart data down by region.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 17/11/2020 14:16:35 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott

1251321

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2020
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Local Government: Audit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the audit process is to ensure that funds to support local authorities to provide for the most deprived people in their communities are received by those people.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
	uin	115035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>Grants to local authorities will be made under section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003 and will be subject to conditions and reporting requirements to ensure that the primary focus of the scheme is on supporting vulnerable families with children and other vulnerable people. Detailed guidance is being developed in consultation with local authorities and will be published shortly on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 17/11/2020 17:45:21 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden